Metallic tie.



l f UNITED fsfT :BENJAMIN A. 'LEG F ijirrsnuiie,v rENNsYLvANi-A. MELr'AiLLlo TIE.

.'.Specificationer Letters Patent. Application filed October 3l, 1905. 'Ser'ial No. 285.301.'

V- Patented arch :20, 1906.

Be it known that I ,BENJAMIN Ag LEGG, a citizen ,of the UnitedStates of America, vresiding at. Pittsburg, gheny `and State .fof-

Pennsylvania, have 'in- 'ventedcertain knew and useful Irnrove-` ments in Metallic Ties, of which the ollow-'l ing is a specification, referencefbeing hadl 'therein to the accompanying drawings.

fasteners; and the This invention relates to certain new. and usefulimprovementsin metallic ties vand railrimary objectof the in-" vention is to provi e a simple and inexpensive tie to which oneor morerailscan be easily' and quickly fastened.

My invention aims to provide a met allic I tie of a form that canfbe readily-rolled and 'to which rails can be fastened. In this' connecvtioIrI have devised novel means for firmlykvholding a 'metallic tie in engagement with the ballast or lfoundation upon which it is laid,

also novel meansfor fastening one or more rails to the tie. To this end I employ a channel-shaped tie having closed ends vin which -blocks are'placed to "support rails, and the rails may either be spiked to the blocks or se-i me October 24, 1905.

led to prevent thejtie from cured thereto by-a rail-fastener, such as illustrat'ed and described in' a. patent. ranted to` VThe charme -bar'fioin which the tie is formedhas its bottom cut or vsheared to provide dependin flanges adapt;-

eing displacedk when once placed in position upon the ybal- `lastor foundation The, vdetail construction of my improved tie, together Iwith the' rail fastener, will be' hereinafter. more fully described, andfrei'erence will now be had to the drawings accomparts throughout 1 Figure panyingl this application, wherein like nurnerals of 'reference designate corresponding the several views, in wlnch I fx" lis Vaperspective view of my improved tie'. illustrating two-` rails secured thereto. 'Fig'.l 2 `is `av-longitudinal sectional v iew of the same'.l Fig. 3 is. a side'elevation y of a' tie, 'illustratin'g a modified form of conof the drawings. Fig. 6 is fsis struction and` showing my improved railf-fa"s v tener, used inlconnection therewith@ 4 is a longitudinal sectional-viewofa portion ofthe same'- 4.Figa 5 is a perspectiveviewofj one end Yof the tie illustrated in Figs. 3 and '4 a detail perspective view off my' imroved rail-fastener', and Fif? isav cross-sectional view of the tie.

Iy improved metallic tie embodies a in the ,county of Allechannel-shaped bar 1, the vertical'sides 2 2 of the channel-bar are adapted to receiverivets 7, ein in the tie. The apertures 5 5 receive rivets 9, em loyed' to retain the confronting vertical -disposed cleats within-the channelbar, these cleats .being employed to brace wooden blocks 11, mounted within-the channel-bar, said cleats being adapted to prevent latei'aldisplacement or spreading apart of 'the wooden blocks.. `'ponthe blocks arel placed rails 12 12, ada tedgtov form a track over which rolling-stock)I may; travel.- Spikes 14 151 may be used for retaining the baseflangesv 15 ofV the rails 12 upon the top surface of the wooden blocks 1 1 11. 7 In conjunction with the cleats 10 of the tie Iemploy tie rods or bolts 16, which pass transversely through the blocks 1.1 and the apertures 6, formed in the t e channel-bar 1. l y To revent -displacement of the channelbar w en positioned upon ballast .or a suitable foundation, I shear or cut the bottom of the channel-bar, as at 17, to provide adependin'gilan or founationof the tie.v --I vide a dependin flange at ea and one centrally .thereof,la s -trated in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

In Fi s. 3 to 5, inclusive,- a sli h tion is i plr'eferably proc t modificaustrated, wherein the c annel-bar 1 in L-shaped and secured to the one vertical v sie of the channel-bar, as at 9.v In coin'ec-' 'tion with the modified form of construction I 4haveillustrated a rail-fastener embodying a base-plate 10', having u wardly5extending' lugsll 11 at one endan an angularly-disposed lug '12 at its'o plate ispierced, as at secured, togetherwit of the- Wooden blo Thev base-plate 10 -the. 'vsfooden block 'by sikes 16"'16and 16, and after a rail is place upon thebase-plate 10 `and moved'iintillits baise-Harige en ages beneath the Vlu'jglZ the tie-plate 1 5l is p aced in position; .f=. e tie-plate is-formed with a transverse ridge 18', ada ted to engage the .ed el'of thebase-lange o the rail, while the boy portion `of lthe tie-plate .overlies said flange. The end of the tie-plate is provided i4! l h a tielate 15 to one cksof t e channel-bar.

downwardly-entending lugs 18 18",

of the barbeing` provided with apertures 114i,l 5 5, and'6 6. Theapertures' 4 4 fat each end' ployed to retain end plates 8 8 with- -vertical Isides of l n e 18, which will engage in t'l'iel ballast end of the tie clearly illus- 9 isprovided with end plates 8', said plates be-v pposite end.v The baseto permit of it being y I OO is heldin engagement with -l v TIO standmgthe rough usageto which it is subfas are permissible by the ap ended claims may be resorted to without eparting from the s irit and scope of the invention.

W at I claim, and desir-e to secure by Letf ters Patent, is-

1. In a metallic tie and rail fastener, a tie of channel-bar form, depending flanges carried by the base of saidtie, blocks seated in the tie, angle-cleats secured to the inner faces ofthe channel-bar and a ainst which cleats the outer ends of the l locks abut, means to secure rails to'said blocks, and

bolts passin transversely throuh the channel-bar and locks to secure the atter in the channel-bar.

2. In a metallic tie and rail fastener, the

combination of a channel-bar, depending w vflanges carried by the bottom' of saidbar,

cleats mounted within said bar, blocks engaging said cleats, means to secure rails to said blocks, and boltsl passing through said bar and through said blocks to secure said blocks Within said bar, substantially as de-y scribed.

3. In a metallic tie and rail fastener, the combination of a channel-bar, blocks secured in said bar, fasteners mounted upon said blocks and adapted to retain rails thereon, vertical bolts assing through said fasteners and into said blocks to hold said fasteners in engagement with said blocks, substantially as described.

'In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN A. LEGG.l

'Witnesses E. E. POTTER, C. OGLEsBY. 

